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Microsoft Tag – Redmond’s colourful take on 2D barcoding
I’ve been alerted to Redmond’s colourful take on 2D barcoding, Microsoft Tag. It’s an advanced barcode creating technology which stores...
Nick Lansley
Apr 28, 20101 min read
Tesco.com HQ QR-Code: Android phones are most used decoding devices / QR codes with built-in images
Thanks for the feedback on the QR code ‘experiment’ I tried on my fellow staff members yesterday. Sounds like quite a few of you had fun...
Nick Lansley
Apr 27, 20101 min read
IMPORTANT: Tesco API Services off air 18:00-00:00 UK (17:00-23:00 UTC) 26 April-4 May
IMPORTANT NOTICE to Tesco API Developers Both the CTP (Community Technical Preview) and Beta editions of the Tesco grocery API will be...
Nick Lansley
Apr 26, 20101 min read


Square barcode showing on screens at Tesco.com HQ today
I wanted to see how many people 1) noticed and 2) decided to see if they could decode it. If it works, this means that people are taking...
Nick Lansley
Apr 26, 20101 min read
Order your Tesco.com groceries through a Facebook app
As we get more customers onto our new ‘Project Martini’ grocery service, the time is coming when our army of third-party developers can...
Nick Lansley
Apr 20, 20101 min read
Interactive corporate tweeting – could there be trouble ahead?
Thanks for the feedback from my article about our ‘Good or Bad?’ Twitter monitoring. Several emailers are asking how and when we intend...
Nick Lansley
Apr 20, 20104 min read


Are we Good or Bad? Happy or Sad?
Here I am back at work extolling the virtues of a ‘stay-cation’ by having a Britain-acquired suntan without the need for flying (hah!),...
Nick Lansley
Apr 19, 20103 min read
I’m speaking at NESTA’s “Open For Business” innovation conference tomorrow
Just back from a spot of holiday in the Pennines where I was free of technology for a long weekend (absence makes the heart grow fonder...
Nick Lansley
Apr 7, 20101 min read
Number 35 in Wired UK Britain Top 100 Digital Power Brokers
The messages had been coming in for several days now – and today there was an avalanche of them so I knew it must have arrived in the...
Nick Lansley
Mar 31, 20102 min read
Tesco Internet Phone service closes at the end of April 2010
Tesco Internet Phone, a service set up by Tesco Telecoms in 2006, is to cease operations on 27th April 2010. In a statement issued on...
Nick Lansley
Mar 28, 20102 min read
Mobile Phone App Stores – Handset Manufacturers vs Cellular Operators
The following post is my own opinion, not necessarily the opinion of my colleagues or anyone else at Tesco. I should also point out that...
Nick Lansley
Mar 26, 20105 min read
Azure to the rescue
Developers following the build of the new Tesco Grocery API, (an R&D project that allows third-party access to our grocery service...
Nick Lansley
Mar 25, 20102 min read
Apple iPhone adverts double Tesco Finder download rate
Tesco Finder, our store and product finder app for iPhone, has been featuring in Apple advertising on the back of the Sunday papers over...
Nick Lansley
Mar 24, 20102 min read
Google Nexus One – an R&Dist’s delight (Exciting but Buggy)
I’m just back from my visit to the USA and, as promised, I used the Google Nexus One as my main mobile phone for most of the visit. This...
Nick Lansley
Mar 21, 20106 min read


A future TescoPlex? Headline thoughts from a visit to Microsoft and Google’s HQ campuses.
Forgive me; currently I’m suffering from brain-fade. I’ve just completed an intensive week at the headquarters of Microsoft (Redmond, WA)...
Nick Lansley
Mar 15, 20103 min read


Apple use Tesco Finder in their iPhone advertising campaign
I’ve just received the artwork for the latest Apple iPhone campaign, and so I can reveal that recently Apple contacted us to ask if they...
Nick Lansley
Mar 2, 20101 min read
Living with Google Nexus One / Going to Microsoft MIX?
I’m taking a long weekend out to visit Dublin (it’s my (Irish-born) hubby’s 50th birthday, bless him!) and, as I already have an...
Nick Lansley
Feb 26, 20101 min read
Tesco iPhone Apps – Latest Download Counts & News
I thought you might like to know the latest download counts for the three iPhone apps that we have released into the iTunes App Store....
Nick Lansley
Feb 22, 20101 min read


Tesco Clubcard iPhone app launches
Off we go on our journey to bring a great Tesco Clubcard experience directly to your mobile phone! Clubcard is Tesco’s way of saying...
Nick Lansley
Feb 8, 20103 min read


Speaking at London iPhone Developer Group (Wed 3 Feb)
I am delighted to have been invited to speak at the London iPhone Developer Group (LiDG). It’s taking place tomorrow evening (Wednesday 3...
Nick Lansley
Feb 2, 20101 min read
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